Mentorship Application Form

You will also need to identify at least one (maximum of three) goals for your mentorship and agree to the full terms and conditions.

Process

SA Writers Centre will connect you with a mentor with four weeks of application. Mentorship fees must be paid in advance in full to the Centre.

What to expect

Mentorship hours are billed for actual time spent, in 15 minute (minimum) increments. This includes all contact with the mentee including phone/Skype/IM conversations, emails, reading and feedback time and face to face meetings.Note this means that if you send four emails to your mentor, that will equate to one hour of mentorship time.The mentor and mentee will develop a shared timetable and plan, including identified goals, and will keep a weekly record that tracks progress towards goals and time spent by the mentor.Any questions or difficulties will be resolved by the SA Writers Centre.

Rates

Mentorships are offered in five hour blocks.5 hours $55010 hours $88020 hours $1650You can add additional blocks upon completion of initial blocks if you and your mentor agree that this would be beneficial for your work.[gravityform id="15" title="true" description="true"]

Jami Gold blogs about all things writing and offers some detailed worksheets for writers.

Jane Friedman hosts a range of resources on publishing, editing, marketing and freelancing.

Janice Hardy’s Fiction University provides writing articles on Mondays and Wednesdays; a How They Do It column with visiting authors and publishing professionals on Tuesdays; an Indie Authors column on Thursday, a refresher, rerun article on Fridays; and real life diagnostics on Saturdays and Sundays.

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Literary Organisations

Australian Horror Writers Assocation: The Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) is a non-profit organisation that provides a unified voice and a sense of community for Australian writers of dark fiction.

Other

Directory of Chinese-Australian Writers: a directory of Chinese-Australian writers to assist literary organisations, programmers and publications increase the diversity of their programs and journals.

Inside a Dog: The site promotes young adult literature, highlighting Australian writers and their work, and includes the best of the international scene. It hosts the Inky Awards for YA fiction.

LoveOzYA: A website harnessing and highlighting the conversations happening around the ‘Read Local’ ethos of LoveOzYA, and the various young adult (YA) communities already promoting Australian content to readers.